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Australian Flight Arrives Half Empty from India
Sat May 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the Covid-hit country....
AIIMS chief Dr Guleria warns of surge in fungal infection in Covid patients
Sat May 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria Saturday warned doctors to brace for cases of mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, across the country, including among Covid-19 positive persons...
"Wouldn't Refer To It As Cover-Up": Dr Fauci On Covishield Dose Gap
Fri May 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Dramatically ramping up COVID-19 vaccination drive is key to ending the crisis in India and extending the gap between two doses of Covishield is a "reasonable approach," White Hous...
Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day
Fri May 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Israeli military has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities.Israel's army said air and g...
Covid Patient Raped By Nurse In Bhopal Hospital, Died In 24 Hours: Police
Fri May 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A coronavirus patient was raped by a male nurse at a government hospital in Bhopal and died within 24 hours, the police said on Thursday, in a shocking incident made public only af...
Nightmare runs on in Goa hospital: 15 more die as oxygen dips
Fri May 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A DAY after the High Court of Bombay in Goa directed the state government to ensure there were no more deaths due to oxygen issues, Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the sta...
India resists ‘community transmission’ tag despite soaring cases
Fri May 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Inspite of adding the highest number of cases in the world every day, India continues to label itself as a country with no community transmission (CT), opting instead for the lower...
Israel-Gaza: Rockets pound Israel after militants killed
Thu May 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hamas militants have launched dozens of rockets at Israel after Israeli air strikes killed senior commanders and felled another tower block in Gaza....
"To Prove We Worked": UP Doctors Quit Posts Over 'Endless' Covid Review
Thu May 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fourteen government doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, just 40 km from capital Lucknow, who are in charge of rural hospitals in the district, have resigned from their posts saying t...
Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after cyberattack, but warns supply chain issues will take ‘several days’ to resolve
Thu May 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Colonial Pipeline said it has restarted operations in the wake of a major ransomware attack that triggered a full-scale shutdown, leading to fuel shortages, panic buying and emerge...
Jobless man now hands paycheque to 70 like him in Odisha village
Thu May 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Like so many other migrants, Ranjan Sahu, 40, was hit hard by the national lockdown which followed the Covid-19 pandemic unfolding in March last year....
Bihar spreads net in the Ganga to fish out bodies floating in from U.P.
Thu May 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after 71 bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were retrieved from the Ganga at Chausa in Buxar district of Bihar, the authorities on Wednesday spread a big net in the river t...
Nearly 90% India Has High Positivity Rate, Rural Areas A Worry: Centre
Wed May 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Close to 90 per cent of India is witnessing a high Covid positivity rate as 640 districts out of the 734 are above the national threshold level of 5 per cent positivity rate, the c...
"Propaganda": Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor On Centre's "Positivity" Push
Wed May 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government's mega-push for "positivity" to fend off criticism, both in the country and abroad, has set up a new political flashpoint, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling...
India reports 4,205 deaths, highest ever; total fatalities reach 2,54,197
Wed May 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 3,48,421 new Covid-19 cases and 4,205 deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Wednesday, as per the Union Health Ministry. Also, as many as 3,55,338 people were d...
Israel declares emergency in Lod as unrest spreads
Wed May 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified....
Nearly 100 bodies found floating in Ganga, spark panic in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Wed May 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 96 unidentified bodies – many of them decomposed and bloated – have been found floating in the Ganga over the past couple of days, triggering fears among local residents i...
Bodies Found Floating In Ganga In UP Day After Bihar Horror
Tue May 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Dead bodies washed up on the banks of Ganga were sighted for a second straight day today -- this time in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The spot is around 55 km upriver from Bihar's Buxa...
Pappu Yadav arrested for violating Covid-19 norms in Bihar
Tue May 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After he was arrested for violating Covid-19 norms, Jan Adhikar Party leader and former MP Pappu Yadav on Tuesday said that “if it is a crime to save lives during Covid, then he i...
As deaths go up 10 fold, worrying signs from smaller states
Tue May 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
SINCE April, the daily count of new cases has increased five times, from about 80,000 to more than four lakh a day now. During this same time, however, the number of deaths being r...